Empetrum nigrum L.
(Crowberry, Crowberry Agg.)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEmpetrum nigrum (Crowberry, Crowberry Agg.)
FamilyERICACEAE (heaths, heathers, rhododendrons, azaleas & wintergeeens)
OrderERICALES (heaths, heathers, azaleas, primroses, loosestrifes and balsams)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Empetrum nigrum (Crowberry, Crowberry Agg.) :
1: Empetrum nigrum (Crowberry, Crowberry Agg.)
3 Jul 2005 OSGR: SO23 51° 60’ N, 3° 10’ W Vice County: Brecon (VC 42) Wales
Image 1: Foliage - over water
2: Empetrum nigrum (Crowberry, Crowberry Agg.)
3 Jul 2005 OSGR: SO23 51° 60’ N, 3° 10’ W Vice County: Brecon (VC 42) Wales
Image 1: FoliageImage 2: Foliage (2)Image 3: Foliage (3)Image 4: Foliage (4)Image 5: Fruits - ripe - enlargedImage 6: Fruits - ripe - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 7: Fruits - ripe - enlarged - grey background (2)Image 8: Fruits - unripe - enlargedImage 9: Shoot - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 10: Shoot - enlarged - grey background (2)
3: Empetrum nigrum (Crowberry, Crowberry Agg.)
2 Jul 2005 OSGR: SO23 51° 60’ N, 3° 10’ W Vice County: Brecon (VC 42) Wales
by hill stream, with a few berries
Image 1: Shoots - pale backgroundImage 2: Fruit - LS - highly enlargedImage 3: Fruit - oblique section - highly enlargedImage 4: Fruit - TS - highly enlargedImage 5: Fruit - TS - highly enlarged (2)Image 6: Fruit - TS - highly enlarged (3)Image 7: Leaves - highly enlargedImage 8: Leaves - highly enlarged (2)Image 9: Leaves - highly enlarged (3)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Rich, T.G.C., Corner, R.W.M. & Swan, G.A. Empetrum nigrum Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Empetrum nigrum (Crowberry, Crowberry Agg.) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Empetrum nigrum (Crowberry, Crowberry Agg.)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 14 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Empetrum nigrum (Crowberry, Crowberry Agg.)
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